Exodus 5:12
What does Exodus 5:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 5:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the people was scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather straw.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Obadiah 1:18
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall burn among them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for Jehovah hath spoken it.
- Isaiah 47:14
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
- Nahum 1:10
For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.
- Exodus 15:7
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
- Joel 2:5
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12
But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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